Comparison

Lace5k vs Run

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Lace5k

Features
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Get off the couch and start moving with Lace, your personal guide to the Couch to 5K journey. Designed for beginners, Lace provides easy-to-follow plans, motivational tips, and progress tracking to help you build stamina and confidence. Lace up your shoes and let’s take the first step together toward a healthier, more active you!

About

Run

Features
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Run-It Intelligence helps you find the shoes that work best for the way you actually run. Connect Garmin or Stryd and turn your running data into practical shoe, fatigue and biomechanics insights. Run-It analyzes signals like cadence, ground contact time, stride length, duty factor, vertical ratio, pace and heart-rate drift to understand how your mechanics change across different runs, speeds, fatigue levels and shoes. Instead of guessing which shoes suit you, Run-It helps you compare how different shoes perform with your running style and goals. Use Run-It to: - Get shoe recommendations based on your running mechanics - Compare shoes by efficiency, fatigue response and training purpose - Track shoe rotation, mileage and performance trends - Understand your running signature in it's purest form - Review biomechanical trends from Garmin or Stryd data - See when form, fatigue or heart-rate drift changes during a session and over time - Unlock deeper Pro analysis on iOS through Apple in-app purchase Run-It is built for runners who want to choose shoes with better data, not guesswork. It provides training insights, not medical advice, and does not diagnose, treat or prevent injuries or medical conditions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://run-it.io/terms Privacy Policy: https://run-it.io/privacy

Screenshots

Lace5k3 screens
Run4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lace5k at none against Run's 2. Run's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.4). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Run sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Lace5k asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Lace5k versus Run: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLace5kRun
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS17.415.1 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size1 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJaden NationBrecht Colemont

In-app purchases

None

Lace5k

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Run

Subscriptions2
  • Run-It Pro Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Run-It Pro Yearly$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Lace5k free?
Lace5k is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Run free?
Run is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lace5k or Run have ads?
Neither Lace5k nor Run shows ads.

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